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Patented June 29,1897.

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No. 585,272. Patented June 29,1891

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JAMES J. JORDAN AND JOHN A. KELLY, OF SYRACUSE, NElV YORK.

SEWING-MACHINE FOR LASTING BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,272, dated June 29,1897. Application filed October 26, 1896. Serial No. 610,052. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES J. JORDAN and JOHN A. KELLY, of Syracuse, inthe county of Onondaga,in the State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Sewing-Machines for Lasting Boots or Shoes, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing-machines for lastingboots and shoes, and more particularly to the device which feeds orforces the upper down over the last to the sole,while a needle stitchesit thereto.

Our object is to improve the construction of the feeder so that it willfeed the upper to the sole during the process of stitching and therebyobviate the necessity of first lasting the shoe before it goes to thestitcher or sewer.

Our object therefore is primarily to avoid the necessity and expense oflasting the shoe; and to that end our invention consists in the severalnew and novel features of construction and operation hereinafterdescribed, and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereuntoannexed. It is constructed as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the shoe in theprocess of sewing in the hands of the sewer, showing the position of theupper and the feeder as the needle is about to penetrate them, themachine operating the needle and feeder being omitted, as they form nopart of the invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the upper, sole,last, and channel of the feeder after it has fed the upper to the soleand the needle having pierced the upper and sole. Fig. 3 is a similarView of the parts described in Fig. 2 before the needle starts upon itscourse. Fig. 4 is a bottom View of the feeder complete, detached. Fig. 5shows the feeder attached to a sewing-machine and showing the feeder andneedle withdrawn just before it takes the forward movement to engagewith the upper. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the feeder inengagement with the upper and the needle piercing the upper and sole.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a represents the body of the feeder, which is preferably constructed ashere shown and is provided with means at one end for securing it to themachine by which it feeds the upper a to the sole 6 simultaneously withthe action of the needle, the opposite end of which is provided upon oneside with an arm I), in

which is a groove or channel a, in which the needle travels and sole.

Upon the front end of the feeder and at one side of the groove 0 is oneor more teeth d, adapted to grip the upper near its edge and force itdown over the last and hold it there while the needle makes the stitch,as shown in Fig. 2.

It will thus be observed that when the upper has been placed over'thelast it may be at once taken to the sewer, who holds it up to themachine, as indicated in the drawings, and the upper is sewed to thesole directly without the necessity of lasting the shoe.

Having described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with the stitch-forming mechanism of a sewing-machine,of an upperstretching device, provided with a grooved portion whichserves as a guide for the neodle, and a series of teeth for catching inthe edge of the upper and forcing it over the sole of the shoe and meansfor reciprocating said device, substantially as shown.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 20th day ofOctober, 1896.

JAMES J. JORDAN. JOHN A. KELLY.

just before piercing the upper In presence of'- MARY A. FRANKLIN, HOWARDP. DENISON.

